The Kangping Life of Mrs. Xing in Honglou

Xing Yue and Yingchun get along very happily. When Xing Yue is free, she teaches Yingchun to learn the three-character scriptures. She doesn't teach much. She teaches her a few words every day. Yingchun is very smart and learns very quickly. I have learned half of the Three Character Classic.

On this day, when Xing Yue was teaching Yingchun how to read, Wang Baoshan's family came back to answer the ten-day porridge before Shitian. Seeing this, Xing Yue asked Hongling and Cui Liu to take Yingchun out to play.

"Wang Baoshan's family, how is the errand going? Nothing wrong, right?" Xing Yue asked, this time with the master's people following, even if they didn't dare to steal and play tricks.

"Don't worry, my wife. We must not let my wife lose face. This time we used the good rice on the market, and specially boiled thick rice for charity. Everyone said that the master and wife are kind." Wang Baoshan's family replied.

"That's good," Xing Yue said, "Are there many people who come to beg for porridge?"

"If you go back to your wife, because the porridge we serve is thick, there are a lot of people who come to get it, and there is a long queue. The women who serve the porridge are tired and have sore shoulders." Seek benefits from Xing Yue.

"There must be some left over from the 100 taels of silver, so I will reward you for the rest. I will ask Cui Liu to give you ten taels of silver, and you can reward those who follow you to give porridge." Xing Yue said casually.

"Thank you, Mrs. Madam, I kowtow to you on behalf of those women." The good rice on the market is much cheaper than that in the manor, and this time the porridge only used 60 taels of silver. Have a good time in front of you.

"Get up, tell me, who are the people who come to beg for porridge?" Xing Yue wanted to know the outside things through the mouth of the servant girl.

"They're all beggars and refugees. Now it's the time when people are out of business, and even some poor people come to beg for porridge." Wang Baoshan's family thought that Xing Yue wanted to hear new things from outside, and said with a smile.

"Refugees, how can there be refugees? After this month, it will be the summer harvest, but there is a disaster?" Seeing that it is the summer harvest, even if it is now a lean time, they will not throw away the harvest in the field to escape.

"Returning to Mrs. Hui, it is indeed a disaster. I heard from those people that the weather in their hometown is dry this year. It hasn't rained for several months. The crops in the field are all withered. Seeing that there is no harvest, they fled to the capital. " said Wang Baoshan's family.

"Then did they say where the drought happened?" Xing Yue asked.

"It's around Cangzhou."

"Okay, I get it, you've worked hard these past few days, I'll give you three days off, go back and rest."

In the evening, Jia Amnesty came to Xing Yue's place, and the husband and wife were talking about Cangzhou. "Master, didn't you send people to give porridge a few days ago? Today those people came back and said that there was a drought in Cangzhou. Master, do you want to send people to continue to give porridge? Those people are also pitiful. They left their hometown. There's nowhere to go either."

"Let's wait a little longer, let people go out to inquire about other people's movements, and then look at the movement in the mansion, and then we can make plans." Jia Amnesty is not a fool when it comes to major matters. It's only good if you have a name. It would be bad if others say that it has ulterior motives and buy people's hearts.

"Master is more knowledgeable." Xing Yue understood it as soon as he heard it. "My lord, there is a drought in Cangzhou. Do you think we will send people to buy some property, one is to let those poor people have some money and food to live on, and the other is to leave more property for their children. Now the second child in the mansion The daughter-in-law is the housekeeper, the second daughter-in-law is greedy, and we don’t know how many of them will fall into our hands. Why don’t we take advantage of the low price and buy more properties to leave some property for Lian’er and his brothers and sisters. Cangzhou is also far away. It's close and easy to take care of, sir, do you think it's doable?"

Jia She lowered his head and thought about it, what Xing Yue said was correct, with the old lady's partiality and the Wang family's greed, there really wasn't much left for them.

"Just do as you said, and I will send people there tomorrow." I thought in my heart that I should send that one, and Zheng Zhi should be sent there.

Xing Yue got up and went to the inner room, took out a box, opened it in front of Jia She, and inside was a stack of bills, from which he counted out 2 taels of silver bills, handed them to Jia She, and said: "Since the master sent someone Go, buy some fields and shops for me too. Over the years, I have only saved the 3 taels of silver, and now I will hand over [-] taels to the master to buy property."

Jia Amnesty looked at Xing Yue in disbelief, who didn't know that Xing Yue was a miser who could only get in and out, and now he actually gave him his own [-] yuan.

"Master, you don't have to look at me like that. I don't have any biological children. I will have to live on my own in the future." Xing Yue said with a smile: "Don't be afraid to tell the master that I also have selfish intentions. The family business gave me a dowry, my younger brother didn’t live up to it, and now my mother’s family is dilapidated, and now I rely on me to help them survive, and it will be indispensable in the future. The Xing family is only my younger brother’s line, and I can’t just watch my younger brother’s family survive. Go down." No matter how dissatisfied Mrs. Xing is with her natal family, she has not cut off the support to her natal family so far. It can be seen that those who miss her natal family, now that Mrs. Xing has gone, Xing Yue will not leave Mrs. Xing's natal family regardless, and she will She didn't expect Jia Lian or Jia Cong to help Xing Dequan and the others, so she used Mrs. Xing's body to support the Xing family.

Mrs. Xing's younger brother, Xing Dequan, is a worthless man. He speaks without thinking, and is called a stupid uncle by others, but according to Xing Yue, this Xing Dequan is an honest man, with no evil intentions, but he is not good at management and has been pampered too much. He has two sons and one daughter, living in the capital, Xing Yue has not seen him until now.

When Jia Lian got married for half a month, Xing Dequan's wife brought their daughter Xing Xiuyan. Xing Yueguan, the cheap sibling, was a kind person with a good looks.

"Siblings, why didn't you bring Ang and Ping here today?" Xing Yue sent someone to bring Xing Xiuyan to Yingchun to play.

"Brother An and Heping are at the naughty age right now, and I'm afraid I'll bring them here and disturb my eldest sister." Xing Dequan's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Guo, is a little wary of Xing Yue, and their family relies on their elder sister to survive.

"Both elder brothers have reached the age of going to school. What plans do you and your younger brother have for their future? At least send them to a private school. Even if they won't be able to gain fame in the future, it's better than being blind." Xing Yue asked.

"My husband and I don't want our two elder brothers to study, but the family can't get rid of it. How can there be money for them to go to school?" Guo said aggrievedly. OK.The Guo family is also from an ordinary family, her husband is not up to date, and she is helpless as a woman.

"Okay, I know what's going on in the family. If the two elder brothers want to study, I'll pay for all the expenses. Anyway, our family used to be a family of officials and eunuchs. What's the matter if the children and grandchildren are illiterate? It's a tael of silver. You Take it home first, you and your younger brother will bring the two children to come tomorrow, I have something to say to him, I like that kid from Xiuyan, and he played well with Yingchun, so stay here today to be with Yingchun " Xing Yue felt that this Guo family was also a simple person, so it was impossible to say that if the family ransacked in the future, their family would have to rely on his family.

On the second day, Xing Dequan and his wife came with their two sons. Xing Yue looked at the two children. They inherited their parents' good looks. They were only wearing dark cotton clothes, which were cleanly starched. They must be the best clothes. , asked the girls to send some snacks to the two children, one child was stable, and the other child's eyes were rolling, and he was clever at first glance. Xing Yue sighed secretly, none of these three children's dispositions were like that. their parents.

"Eldest sister, I heard the child's mother say, do you really want to sponsor your two nephews to study?" Xing Dequan asked happily, you know, his eldest sister has treated them with a different nose and a different face all these years. very.

"That can be false. Our father is also a fifth-rank official. He was born as a Jinshi. Our family can be regarded as a scholarly family. If your father and mother hadn't left early and no one disciplined you, how could you be like this? Let's not talk about it." , I called you here today to ask about your future plans. You can't always be like this. Now you can still rely on me and the Rongguo Mansion to live. You have sons and daughters now. Don't you plan for your children's future? , You must know that the mountain is falling, the water is flowing, now that I am here, I can still help you, if I am not here, what do you have to rely on?" Xing Yue asked the plan of the two, the two boys were six years old , a seven-year-old, already sensible, Xing Yue left the two children here to listen.

"Eldest sister, why are you saying such frustrating words?" Although Xing Dequan was full of resentment towards Mrs. Xing, it was his own elder sister, and he also knew that it had been difficult for her these years.

"Dequan, brothers and sisters, you also know that I don't have any parents. If the master is alive, I will be the eldest wife. If the master has a second wife, who will know who I am? Forget it, let's not talk about it, I will call you today." Come here, I have something to tell you.” Xing Yue opened the box at hand, took out the contents, and said: “Both of you husband and wife are not shrewd, not expected to do business, and have no fame. Be a farmer. I prepared 500 taels of silver for each of Brother Ping and Ang. I had someone purchase the 1000 taels for the land, with the names of the two brothers written on it. , for the two brothers to use for their future studies and scientific examinations. Brother An, brother Ping, after you go back, you study well, and you can take part in the imperial examinations like your grandfather in the future, and give your parents a sigh of relief. "

"Thank you aunt, we will definitely study hard." The two children kowtowed to Xing Yue.

"Xiuyan is my niece. I can't treat her badly. I gave her 1000 taels of silver. Just like her brother, I bought 800 taels of silver into a land. You guys can manage it well. When she grows up, she can have a lot of it." If you are promising, you can also buy a decent dowry, and you will keep the remaining 200 taels for her." Xing Yue handed over the land deed with the names of the three children to the husband and wife.

"Thank you big sister, big sister, why are these lands near Jinling?" Xing Dequan asked after seeing the land deed.

"That's what I'm going to talk about next." Xing Yue took out another piece of paper and said to them, "This is a house near Jinling, and I'll give it to you now."

"Sister, are you going to drive us back to Jinling?" Xing Dequan said in disbelief.

"It's not to chase you away, it's to make plans for the future. The ancestors of our Xing family were from Jinling, and our father became an official, so we lived in the capital. Now, the family is in decline, and it's useless to stay in the capital. Besides, the two elder brothers are going to study in the future." To participate in the scientific examination, you also have to go back to Jinling, you go back to live in Jinling, and you are relatives of the Rongguo Mansion, I think those people would not dare to embarrass you." Xing Yue said calmly, if it wasn't for the Rongguo Mansion's decline in the future, she would not let it go. When the Xing family returned to Jinling, she didn't intend to make the two of them uneasy.

Mrs. Guo hastily pulled La Xing Dequan's clothes, and said, "We will do what Elder Sister tells us to do. Let us go back to Jinling, and we will go back to Jinling. Elder Sister can still harm us." She knocked out the thoughts of Eldest Sister It has been decided that they have no property in Beijing, and they spend a lot of money. They rely on their eldest sister to help them survive, and they have to follow the face of their servants. Now that they have these properties given by their eldest sister, they can also be rich when they return to Jinling Field House Weng.

"Then listen to elder sister, our family will leave for Jinling as soon as possible." Xing Dequan said to Xing Yue, he also saw that elder sister had changed.

"That's good. Here is a 1000 tael silver bill for the child. You keep it. Here is a 1000 tael silver bill. I'll give you 500 tael for your second and third sisters. Now that your second sister is married, you put Send this bank note quietly, don't let others know, so that someone will worry about it, cause trouble for her, tell her to let her use the money to buy some fields, and she will be able to make more money, let her live a good life, raise her children well, and send it to her. Go to study, and if the child is successful, you can earn her an imperial order. As for the third sister, you take her back to the hometown together, find a good family for her to marry, and use her 500 taels as a dowry. There are still 1000 taels The silver ticket, I will give you the way back home." Xing Yue took out 200 taels of silver bills to pay the husband and wife, after the calculation, Xing Yue only had 4000 taels of silver left over for Xing Yue to use these fields The silver was exchanged with Jia She. In fact, when Xing Dequan's family returned to Jinling, Jia She was very willing.

"Also, after I go back, I'd like to be your little landlord in peace and stability, and don't cause trouble. This Zhuangzi was given to me by your brother-in-law, and it is now recorded in your name. You can manage it for me, and I don't want to be successful. Quan When I thank you for your money, I am planning for the future, and when I fall down one day, I will have a place to stay." Xing Yue is preparing for himself, these things are when changing land, Jia She extra for her.

After saying these words, Xing Dequan and his wife were very suspicious. Xing Yue made this arrangement because something happened in the mansion.Ten days later, Xing Dequan's family came to say goodbye to Jia Amnesty and Xing Yue.